The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1887-05-26

paid at the Treasury on the first day Of
July, 1881 .si sssz
The report Of the Director Of the Mint ON
the production Of the precious metals in
the United States for 1885 shows that there
were mined during the year $85, 600 900 of
gold and e51, ,000, 600 Of silver. The produc-
tion Of gold shows an increase over 1885 Of
81 200, ,0cO; the production Of silver is slight
" less than the previous year. sses
The President has appointed e. n. Bon
MS, Of Missouri, Fraudulent Land Entry
Agent and George d. Temple, Of Iowa, and
w. A. Wright, Of North Carolina, Timber
THE EAST.
New York capitalists are erecting an
organization to trade in silver bullion GER
tiHcates, as grain and cotton certificates are
now dealt In. The head d-center of the or
ganization is to be the new Western Ma
tiona1 bank, of which ex-Secretary Of the
Treasury Manning and ex-Treasurer Jordan
are the foup5ers. Their plan Of operations
10 to kave silver bullion in large quantities
deposited with the Western National bank
orelsewhere; to issue certificates against
the bullion so deposited, and to have those
certificates traded in very much as grain
certificates or stock certificates are.
At Haverhill. Mass, on the 18th, owing
TO the failure Of comp, omise being agreed
upon between the Knights OF Labor and
the Manufacturers Association in regard
to the trouble at Chicks shoe factory, forty
shoe manufacturing establishments closed
their doors, throwing out OF employment
5000 persons. The State board Of arbitra-
ton has been appealed to.
The National Association Of pipe and tube
manufacturers met in Philadelphia on the
10Th and reduced the selling price from ten
to fifteen per cent
james P. McCabe, who was sentenced to
be hanged on May 26 for the murder OF
Michael Reilly, made his escape from the
Wayne County (Pa) jail on the night Of
the nth.
Funeral services over the remains Of
Mgr. Quinn were held in the cathedral at
New York on the 18th. Archbishop Corri-
gan celebrated mass, assisted by q number
Of priests.
Mime. Janauschek, the actress, fell down
af1ightof foureten steps in the Perry House
at Newport r. L, on the 18th, breaking her
right arm and badly bruising her whole
body. The accident will cause the abandon
ment of all her engagements for the rest Of
the season. -
Albert h Rich, first mate of the Ameri-
can ship Robert L. Belknap, was arrested
in Brooklyn, N. Y, on the 18th, charged
with the murder of a sailor named James
Petersen, on the high seas, during voyage
between San Francisco and Liverpool
Reports from the hop-growing districts
In central New York show q gloomy out
look. Two years ago the growers hardly
realized enourh from their hons to nav the
Z cost Of raising. Last year the crop was
almost q total failure, aud the outlook for
tho uresent wear is equally as bad, The
growers are discouraged and many are put
ting the plow in their yards and will try
something in place Of hops.
4 A dispatch from Augusta. Me-. states
that Mr. Blaine has finally announced his
decision to go to Europe, leaving early in
June. The reason he assigns for the trip is
poor health. Mr.. Manley and some othel
friends will accompany Mr.. Blaine.
both hranches of tho Pennsvlvania leg
;slatnre aa;oprned s;ue die on the 10Th. ate
naee;no . the hill ~ repnlate tho emnlovmen
arI,hor and ahol;sh;no the svstem of black
1ist;nu amn,oves The Senatorial Annor
t:r,,,,ss,,t h;Ii ,.,os aafoated In tbe Senotl q,
s,u., ,assags